So how can I make a patch replacing two files in old installation which is probably doesn't presume patches? Is there really no way to simply replace two files? Thanks.
2010/2/28 Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> > On 2/28/2010 6:35 AM, Semion Prihodko wrote: > > The instresting thing is that if I change the content of these binaries > on > > target machine (reduce their size down to several bytes) - the files are > > being replaced normally, but this don't work with original ones. > > Make sure you update the files' version information; MSI won't overwrite > files unless their versions change. > > > As I > > suppose it's need to add some Patch or Upgrade elements, but I don't now > the > > upgrade code of the application. All I need is just to replace two > existing > > files with mine and rollback them during the uninstallation. > > MSI doesn't support replacing files on uninstall except via patches. If > you didn't install the original files, you won't be able to update them > and downgrade them. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
